Teams & Orgs Staff+ at QCon London 2026
At QCon London 2026, discover the emerging trends trends and practices in Teams & Orgs Staff+ directly from the senior practitioners who are defending what's next.
March 16–19, 2026
The QEII Centre, London
Early Bird Deadline February 10th
Conference: £2,490
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Teams & Orgs Staff+ sessions at QCon London 2026
Mar 17
Unconference: Building Engineering Teams
Mar 16
Unconference: Staff+ Engineering
Mar 17
From Copilots to Orchestrators: A Three-Month Playbook for Training AI-Native Engineering Teams
Most engineering teams are stuck treating AI as autocomplete. Engineers have GitHub Copilot installed (or Claude or Cursor or whatever), they're generating snippets faster, but leaders can't connect usage to business outcomes—and developers are shipping code they don't fully understand.
Krystal Flores
Staff Software Engineer @Crunchyroll, Previously @Carta, @Lob, @Simple Habit, and @Nordstromrack.com|HauteLook
Mar 17
Team Topologies as the 'Infrastructure for Agency' with AI
Details coming soon.
Matthew Skelton
CEO & Principal @Conflux, Co-Author of "Team Topologies", Leader in Modern Organizational Dynamics for Fast Flow
Mar 18
AI is an Amplifier: Scale High Performance, Not Dysfunction
AI adoption in software development is nearly universal, yet the outcomes for teams are highly variable. Why do some organizations see massive productivity gains while others see their delivery stability crash? DORA’s latest research provides a key insight: AI acts as an amplifier.
Nathen Harvey
Lead of DORA and Product Manager @Google Cloud
Mar 17
The Ladder Is Missing Rungs: Engineering Progression When AI Ate the Middle
Career progression in engineering has traditionally followed a predictable path: junior tasks teach fundamentals, mid-level work builds judgment, senior roles require synthesis across systems.
Alasdair Allan
Scientist, Author, Hacker, Maker, Journalist, and Head of Documentation, CTO @Negroni Venture Studios, Interim CTO @Evaro
Mar 16
The Influence Toolkit
Senior IC roles are often said to be about influence – but what do we mean by influence? And what are the tools that a senior IC can employ to influence individuals and teams within a large organisation?
Henry Wilson
Senior Architect @BBC
Mar 16
All Tech Debt is NOT Created Equal
As we move into the era of AI, code that could be called slop or tech debt is increasing faster than ever. This means that managing that tech debt is just as important as ever. However, how do you prioritize which tech debt to work on? How do you convince others that any of it is important?
Joy Ebertz
Principal Engineer @Imprint, Blogger, and Speaker, Previously @Harness, @Split, & @Box
Mar 16
The Sociotechnical Staff Engineer: Architecture, Culture and Organizational Change
In today’s complex engineering landscape, Staff+ engineers, architects, and technical leaders can no longer operate solely as technical experts.
Vanessa Formicola
Principal Architect and Head of TASC (Technology, Architecture and Software Craft) @Prima, Ex Thoughtworks/Microsoft
Mar 17
From Chaos to Clarity: Modern SBOM Practices That Actually Work
In this talk, Viktor will walk you through everything you need to know to build a practical and future ready SBOM strategy.
Viktor Petersson
Founder of sbomify, Co-founder & CEO of Screenly, Host of Nerding Out with Viktor
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Explore the scheduleQCon is where you discover what’s next, from the senior practitioners building it. We focus on emerging patterns proven in production, sharing the unfiltered story: the real-world trade-offs, the hard-won lessons, and what it actually took to ship.
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Conversations that turn insight into impact
The scheduled sessions at QCon are the agenda, but the real value is in the unscripted moments: the whiteboard debates in an unconference, the candid advice over coffee, the speaker dinner stories about failures and trade-offs. That's the perspective you can't get from a screen.
Principal Solutions Architect, QCon Speaker, O'Reilly Author, YouTuber
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Unlock your potential at QCon London 2026
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Gain concrete strategies from 75+ hand picked speakers across 15 curated tracks.
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Real-world talks curated for depth, value, without hidden product pitches.
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Network with peers at Unconferences, in the 'hallway track', during extended breaks, over lunch, and at conference socials.
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Gain 12 months on-demand access to session recordings after the conference to continue your learning journey.
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